republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-778.md

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Bill	Private Investigators - As enacted, exempts persons who conduct background investigations solely for employment screening purposes from the licensure requirements for private investigators. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21, Part 4; Title 38; Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 17 and Title 62, Chapter 26.	Private Investigators - As enacted, exempts persons who conduct background investigations solely for employment screening purposes from the licensure requirements for private investigators. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21, Part 4; Title 38; Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 17 and Title 62, Chapter 26.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	HB 778	Tennessee HB 778 (110)	bill	Private Investigators	enacted	Hulsey Lundberg	1	40	6	2017-02-06	2017-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/3b42fc93-0417-4134-b1b5-1f36e9d600b6	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0778&GA=110	159b307f125c6170af5c7a82b435adffa5f55ef771ec63c46386f237f290c794	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 778 (110) — Private Investigators - As enacted, exempts persons who conduct background investigations solely for employment screening purposes from the licensure requirements for private investigators. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21, Part 4; Title 38; Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 17 and Title 62, Chapter 26.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 3/21/2017 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/29/2017 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 5/8/2017 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/9/2017 5/8/2017 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/8/2017 (2) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — 89–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hulsey — primary (person)
• Lundberg — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-02-06 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-09 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-09 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2017-02-13 P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
• 2017-03-21 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-22 Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/29/2017
• 2017-03-29 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-05 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-05 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
• 2017-04-11 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-11 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/12/2017
• 2017-04-12 Placed behind the budget
• 2017-04-12 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2017-04-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2017
• 2017-04-24 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-04-26 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
• 2017-04-26 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-05-03 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
• 2017-05-08 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
• 2017-05-08 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-08 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
• 2017-05-08 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-09 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-05-09 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/9/2017
• 2017-05-09 Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-05-09 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-05-10 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-05-10 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-05-10 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-05-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-05-19 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 391
• 2017-05-23 Pub. Ch. 391
• 2017-05-23 Effective date(s) 05/18/2017

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b42fc93-0417-4134-b1b5-1f36e9d600b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).